CTBT in the News

Ending Nuke Testing Critical for Humanitarian Reasons, by William Lambers (Yahoo! Voices)

Middle East WMDFZ: Athens Dialogue Report Released (La Trobe University)

28 May: Baloch Community London to protest against Pakistan’s nuclear tests (Balochwarna News)

A la caza de los terremotos. 100 aniversario del observatorio San Calixto, by Gemma Candela (La Razón)

New Nuclear Disarmament Talks Open in Geneva, by Diane Barnes (Global Security Newswire)

Open-ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament Convenes in Geneva, by Katherine Prizeman (Gapwblog)

Japan, India set to resume talks on nuclear energy agreement (Asahi Shimbun)

'Cooperation in Iran's interest to clarify peaceful nuclear intent' - IAEA chief (RT)

Tehran ready to allow experts to Parchin in exchange for deal with IAEA – Iran’s ambassador to Russia (RT)

France wants 'decisive sanctions' against Iran (AFP, France 24)

UK to reduce number of nuclear weapons by 2020's (Information Daily)

S. Korea, U.S. to resume talks on revision of nuclear accord next month (Yonhap)

S. Korea-U.S. Atomic Trade Deal Could Set Risky Precedent: Ex-Officials, by Rachel Oswald (Global Security Newswire)

North Korea fires sixth missile in three days, by Chookyung Kim (Reuters)

N. Korea appears to be winding up short-range projectile launches: Seoul source (Yonhap)

Ban Ki-moon urges North Korea to end missile tests (BBC)

N. Korea Tests Don’t End ‘Provocation Pause,’ U.S. Says, by Sangwon Yoon and Tony Capaccio (Businessweek)

UN panel says sanctions are delaying development of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs (AP, Washington Post)

Japanese Envoy Tight Lipped About Surprise North Korea Visit (NTD TV)

DPRK releases Chinese fishing vessel: consular official (Xinhua)

Obama, China’s Xi to meet earlier than expected, amid issues from North Korea to cyberspying (AP, Washington Post)

Do Sang Rok – The father of North Korea’s nuclear weapon program? By Bill Streifer (NKNews)

What the Hell Was That All About? By Aidan Foster-Carter (Foreign Policy)

How North Korea Could Cripple the U.S., by R. James Woolsey and Peter Vincent Pry (Wall Street Journal)

Fueling the Nuclear Fire in North Korea (Media for freedom)

North Korea's missile tests: A dangerous escalation? By Harold Maass (The Week)

The potential and pitfalls of societal verification (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arsenals Cling to Bygone Era, by George Gao (IPS)

What U.S. Could Do if Pakistan Loses Control Over Nuclear Weapons, by Elaine Grossman (Global Security Newswire)

Why a Middle East role is essential for the nuclear nonproliferation regime, by Tytti Erästö and Sven-Eric Fikenscher (Global Post)

Arduous journey of Iran’s nuclear program will continue, by Hassan Hanizadeh (Tehran Times)

Nuclear Iran Unlikely to Tilt Regional Power Balance – Report, by Jim Lobe and Joe Hitchon (IPS)

Sanctions Are No Medicine for the Iran-U.S. Standoff, by Sara Afzal (Huffington Post)

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